Go-cart or baby-carriage.



A. J. ADAMS.

GO-GART 0R BABY CARRIAGE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 6, 1909.

Patented June 22, 1909.

Lame/550i" I fidajna mw UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ARTHUR J. ADAMS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO FULTON MANUFACTURING vCOl\/ilEAl iY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

GPO-CART OR BABY-CARRIAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 22, 1909.

Original application filed May 7, 1908, Serial No. 431,312. Divided and this application filed January 6, 1909.

' Serial No. 471,024.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR J. ADAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in tl1e county of Cook and State of Illi 1101s, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Go-Carts or Bab -Carriages,

I of which the following is a speci cation.

, embodiment in the accompanying rawings,

My invention relates particularly to folding go-carts or baby carriages which are ada ted to be folded into compact space.

e present invention constitutes an improvement on the go-cart shown in my Patent No. 789,310, grantedMay 9, 1905.

My primary ob]ect is to provideimproved spring connections whereby the seat will be yieldm ly su ported in a -go-cart structure.

The inventlon is illustrated in its referred in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevational view (slightly broken) of a cart constructed inaccordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a broken view of one of the folding handle-"bracing and seatsup 'orting bars employed, the

view showing t e brace-bar partially flexed Fig. 3, a similar view showing the members of the brace-bar locked in an extended position, this view showing the spring-barrel or housing'in section; F1". 4, a similar view illustrating the limited flexing or yielding action-which is permitted in the normal use portion, of the running-gear frame; I), fold able brace-bars connecting the upper portion of, the handle with the front portion of the running-gear frame and forming with the running-gear frame and the handle a triangular structure, said bracebars serving also as a means from which the-seat may be suspended; E, a seat having its front portionsuspended by links E from the bars D and having connected with its lateral edges sidefiaps E which are permanently secured to,

the bars D; F, a back having its lower ortion flexibly joined to the rear portion 0 the D, in accordance with the construction described and claimed in my application No. 471,025, filed-of even date herewith.

-A pair of wheels B at each side of the cart is adapted to fold beneath the running-gear frame in a well understood manner, and the brackets B are connected crosswise, in the extended position, by mechanism B which forms no part of the present invention. The handle O coi'nprises the usual side-members 0 (one shown) whose lower ends are connected with the hinges c and whose u per ends are connected by a handle-roun 0 Each side-bar c of the handle is equipped with-a back-supporting hook c Each handle-bracing and seat-supportin device D comprises an upper link, or bar, 2 connected by a pivot d with the upper portion of the corresponding side-bar oi' the han die; a lower. bar, or link, d connectedat its front end, by a'pivot d, with the front portion of the adjacent side-member of the run ning-gear frame,.and connected near its rear end, by a pivot d, with the front end of the bar d, and having an extension d in the rear of said ivot, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5; a-

relative y short bar cl connected at-its front end with the pivot d and having an ofiset locking member or extremity d at its rear end, and equipped adjacent to the member (Z with a spring-barrel (Z in which is con fined a coiled springd upon which the exten sion (Z 01' the link (Z bears, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6; and a locking device d carried by the link d and ads ted to engage the member (1 of the short lin cl. The extension (1 of the link d is confined between the short link d and the front portion of the link d when the cart is in the open or extended position. Said extension cl is e nipped with a stud d which extends throng a slot (Z in the short link (2", said stud being provided on the op 0- site side of the link dwith a head d. 'lhe barrel or spring-housing d is provided at its front side with a. slot d? in which the extension d may-work when the carriage is under load. The locking device d" comprises a clip (Z secured, by rivets al 'to the bar d, and a slide dl having flanges (1. between which themember dtis confined when the oars"Dare in the extended position. The. member (1 is provided witha bevel-edge d shanks are secured to the bars (1 by' the rivets d", the shanks of said hooks having their copper ends turned laterally to form flanges 22 which engage the upper edgesof thelbars d. lVhen the back F is adjusted to accommodate the child in a sitting posture the eyes or loops F of the back engage the hooks d; and when the back is adjusted to a reclining 1position, the eyes F of the back engage the ooks 0 as described in detail in my application No. 431,312, filed May 7', 1908, W ereof the present application is a division.

The manner of use of the improved baby] carriage or go-cart will be readily understood. When itis desired to allow the child to assume a sitting posture,-the back F may be adjusted to the standing position shown in Fig. 1. When it is desired to allowthe child to recline, the back may be disengaged from the hooks d and brought intoen age whereupon the handle may ment with the hooks c orr'the handlears.

When it is-desired to 'fold the cart, assuming it to be inthe condition shownin Fig. 1, the locking members .d may be moved rear- Wardly to release the lockin members if,

is folded forwardly to 'a position substantially parallel with the running-gear frame, the braces D folding upon themselves in this'operation,

and finally assuming a position substantially within the'plane of the runningear frame function of supporting t and between the side members a t Well known manner.

ereof, in a It will be observed thatwhile the foldable braces D are rigid enou h to, perform their o seat and bracin the handle, nevertheless, yield under load, to prevent in urious jar-to the child, in passing over rough places.

The foregoing detailed description has:

been given for clearness 'of understandingonly, and no undue limitation is to be understood therefrom What I regard as new,'anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a folding govcart, the combination with a running-gear frame, and handle and rear pending.

the Springs (1 wil affordin connecting the' handle and running-gear frame, andjpomprising yieldingly connected links permitting flexing, within limits, under load during. normal use.

2. In a folding -go-cart, the combination -with a running-gear frame, and a handle fold.-v

ably connected therewith, of foldable seatsupporting and handle-bracing devices connectingthe handle and running-gear frame, each com risin pgvotally connected front race in s, and" spring connection at the junction of said brace-links permitting limited flexing, of said links with relation to each other, under load.v

3. In a folding 'go-cart, the combination with a running-gear frame, and a handle foldably connected therewith, of foldable seat-supporting and handle-bracing devices connectin the handle and running-gear frame, eadll comprising a front link pivotally joined to the front portion of the runninggear frame, a rear link pivotally connected with the upper portion of the handle, said links overlapping at adjacent ends; a pivot connecting said links in front of the rear end of the front link, a short link equipped with a spring adapted to support the rear end of the front linkv and loc ingmeans connecting said short linkwith said rear'link.

'4. In a folding go-cart, the combination with a running-gear frame and a handle pivotally connected with the rear portion there.

of'and. adapted to fold forwardly upon the running-gear frame, of a foldable seat-sup- 'porting and handle-bracing device connectmg the upper portion of the handle with the frontportion of the running gear frame, comrising a front link pivotally joined to the ront portion of the running-gear frame, a

rear link lpivotally connected with the upper ortion o the handle, apivot connecting said inks, the front link having a projection extending in the rear of said pivot, a pivota'll-y attached'short link at the joint between said first-named and'second-named links, .a spring barrel carriedby saidshort link, aspring contained therein serving as a yielding bearing for said -rearwardprojection-of said firstnamed link, andlocking means adapted to 1seclpre said short link to said second-named 5. In a structure of the character set forth,

a foldable seat-supporting and handle-bracingdevice comprising a rear link, 'a front link, a pivot connectingsaid links some distance in front of the rear end of-the front link, thus at its rear end, a spring-held'lockingmember carried by said rear link, and a. spring sup a rearward extension of the front front link.

6'.- In a folding go-cart, the combination with a running-gear frame and a handle foldably connected therewith, of foldable seatsupporting and handle-bracing devices con necting the handle and runnin'g gear frame,

each comprising pivotally connected front and rear links joined respectively to the running-gear frame and handle, yielding connec- I tions between the front and rear links permitting'fiexing, within limits, under load,

and a seat suspended fromsaid front links.

7. In a folding go-cart, the combination with a running-gear frame and a handle foldably connected therewith, of foldable seatsupporting and handle-bracing devices con- \necting the handle and running-gear frame,

each comprising pivotally connected front and rear links") oined respectively to the runnir'iggear frame and handle, yielding connections befljween the front and rear links per.-

mitting flexing, within limits, underload, a seat suspended from said front links, a back flexibly connected with the rear portion of said seat, and connections for said back car,- ried by said rear links and by said handle, whereby the back may occupy eithera standing or inclined position.

ARTHUR J. ADAMS. In presence of- CHAs. E. GAYLORD, RALPH A. SCHAEFER. 

